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i ^ ■ ■ . s £ .. ' ' ‘ Tkt Barawll Ptopl»8—Uatl. BanwvlL & C, Thanday, December 17, ItM ^4 v ,4; kv' ^vk, '■ t* VI k $ > ^ ^ 4 4 ^ 4 ' \ .\ V sV X V ^ • 4N ^NJ^S .>\ ■ J ' ' ’ v k4 M'; V 1 By WILLIAM BRUCKART NATIONAL PRESS BLOG. WASHINGTON, D. C. Washington. — In proposing a peace pact for the western hemi- . sphere. President Wilton Roosevelt in his Policies Fail speech at Buenos Aires has directed attention to two important positions that the United States has taken in its foreign relations. Whether Mr. Roosevelt so intended or whether it is by the very nature of the circum stance, he nevertheless has set up before the American people the ne cessity for re-examination of the age-old Monroe doctrine and has brought up for fresh scrutiny the policies of President Woodrow Wil son that were designed to establish eventually world peace by collectiv ist action. I think that it must be admitted that the Wilson policies for inter national peace have not worked. Anyone who examines them squarely and frankly must recog nize one outstanding inescapable fact: they have proved to be the illusions of an idealist. They constitute a landmark, how ever, and in so doing it seems to me they should serve as a guide on what not to do. Candidly, the Wil son policies, beautiful in theory that they were, have been shown to be futile because they did not consider the perfidy nor the chicanery of Eu ropean statesmen. They were pred icated upon a belief that the world leaders were sincere in their desire for peace—and it is sad but true that such is not the case. In other words, the Wilson theories that were builded up into a supergovemment to be called the League of Nations overlooked the element of human fallibility. It requires only a brief review of the history of the League of Nations to reveal the definite conclusion that there is an absolute lack of sin cerity on the part of the European statesmen Each one has been con cerned only with gains and ad vantages accruing to his own na tion. His actions have been per meated to the core with ~~ sometimes aggravated with fell down in dealing with Russia's Stalin and Germany's Hitler. It took a mighty Aop in the move ment to check Italy's Mussolini in Ethiopia Having flattened out. none of the three above mentioned has any respect for the league authority. When you add to this the absolute dismissal of the league as a world influence as was done by Japan, you have less than nothing left, see Mussolini said the other day that in order to straighten out the Euro- !*•*» t«»glo It tvifsswisn would be necee- I llano ns aery to wipe out all of the "Wil sonian Illusions.** He could have referred only to the Wilsonian slo gan upon which we entered the World War. namely, the “war to make the world safe for democra cy.** Later, It will be remembered, the World war was “the war to end war.** Neither of these slogans bore fruit. Each was an illusion, a dream of world peace held by a great man whose only weakness in as suming world leadership was that he trusted other statesmen as he trusted the American people, to ar rive at a sound conclusion and stick to it. I am not prepared to say that the Wilson policies led us in a wrong direction. The fact remains, how ever, that the war that was to make the world safe for democracy led directly into destruction of democ racy and the establishment of fas cism and communism in various parts of the world as an important factor in the government of peoples. All of this, of course, was not visible nor predictable at the time the policies were initiated. It is all too plain ‘now, however, and that is why President Roosevelt can very well be governed in his new move with the Pan-Americas. He can proceed upon a Pan-American basis with at least a hope of success be cause it is quite apparent that the Americas, North and South, can protect themselves if arrangements for prevention of war relate only to the western hemisphere. Inter national affairs will have to be con sidered, obviously. But among those authorities with whom I have talked about this problem, there seems to be little doubt that if the idea .of collectivist action, first enunciated in the Wilson policies— is to avail anything, it must be applied not to the world but to a section of the world. . • • • I noted in the official agenda, the program outline of the Buenos Aires conference, No Bott that no reference Wanted at all was made to the Monroe doc trine. Apparently, that course had to be followed. The Monroe doc trine is a ticklish matter among O our neighbors to the south. Frank ly, they do not like it. Considering all of the factors in volved in the Monroe doctrine, there seems no conclusion ahead but eventual abandonment of that pro nouncement. When I say that, I do not mean that the principles of the Monroe doctrine need be thrown into the ocean. Yet, the name has been the focal point around which much antagonism has been built up and the romantic Latin blood of South America can hardly be ex pected ever again to subscribe to the Monroe doctrine by that name. What, then, is the course? The Monroe doctrine, whether it was ever so intended, has placed the United States in a position where it is made to appear as a boss. No nation of people enjoys being bossed. So, if the Buenos Aires conference is to result in a definite understanding by which the peoples of the western hemisphere are welded together in an effective group, some understanding must be evolved which will replace the ill will engendered by the Monroe doc trine. Possibly, that understanding lies in the direction being followed by President Roosevelt. Apparent ly, he is willing to subordinate the Monroe doctrine and concede to those other peoples on behalf of the United States the end of our over- lordship. Undoubtedly, It will be a slow process. Present generations throughout the South American na tions will be suspicious for a time and will move with caution but there are many who believe in even tual agreement among the western nations on a general policy that will keep us all out of European and Far Eastern entanglements to a greater extent than ever before. The thing that may break doom the apparent Roosevelt plan is the circumstance of drawn swords and cocked rifles in Europe at the mo ment. It is entirely possible that before concrete adhesion among the North and South American peoples can be accomplished, ssplnetons m Europe may take place. If they do. propaganda agents of the con flicting powers will be abroad in- stanter Attempts will be made to alienate various nations la the west ern hemisphere, to align them with one side or the other in the Euro pean controversy. It may well be that this condition will ruin the Roosevelt program before it gets under way but a start has been made and succeeding generations will profit if the peoples of North and South America can come to regard themselves as an individual group that is willing to make saerv- flees necessary to cut off European connections when the European statesmen insist on fighting There is yet one more thought concerning the South American ses sions. There are students of in ternational affairs who already are saying that history has repeated it self and that the United States has lost, as usual, in its diplomatic deal ings. They are saying that the re vision of the Monroe doctrine and the rebirth of that policy under a new name represents a gift by the United States. It may well be that such has occurred. But among saner minds, I believe the convic tion is that the Monroe doctrine al ready has undergone so many alter ations and revisions that a major operation on its structure will clar ify the picture. The Monroe doc trine was designed originally, of course, to prevent European nations from gaining a foothold in either of the Americas. That danger is definitely past. Why, then, is it necessary to perpetuate an anti quated policy that has no purpose any longer? Thus, it seems to me that if a revision, even a casting out of the Monroe doctrine can elim inate suspicion of our government’s purposes among those peoples in habiting the same hemisphere, it is not too much to pay. • • • There was a great banquet held at one of the hotels in Washington b'.ij « days ago. It Birthday j s not unusual for Observed great banquets to be held in the capital city but most of them are just banquets. The one to which I refer, however, had a significance that is quite unusual. It commem orated the establishment of the United States patent office and cele brated its one hundredth birthday. Something like eleven hundred in ventors, research scientists, repre sentatives of industry and patent office officials entered the great din ing room by candlelight. Then, the toastmaster waved a wand over one of the greatest inventions of modern times and the room was bathed in an electric brilliance the like of which has never been seen. The action typified, told the story o4 scientific development in the United States and elsewhere. CLristmas Eve in tiie Mark et pi ace By Lamm* AImj ia CkrutUa Ad 'J'HE market place on Chrittmaa Eva Thing* and thins* /or tala . • TIntel bauble*, gilded lay* Along the Chrittma* trail! Jauling crowd* af ikoppart; Tree* af fragrant pine And Dongle* fu and itlvar tprmca; A mat amaa • A Manly |H Christmas Husband % (j«ri-rud^t .Walton. || * BORESOME holiday! If only I had invited Fred to come here with me.’* Manly jerked his hat from a rack when Julia, his sister, rushed into the hall: *• Manly, please come with me to night to the dinner party at Judge Thompson's. Horace has just tele phoned he can not get here until too late. Roads blocked with snow and cars because of the blizzard yester day. Our first big spraad in this burg We’re so new and this is our first oppor tunity to meet many prominent citizens of Palas City. Judge Thompson’s din ners are annual affairs and he gives special in vitations to new comers of the city.” “I don’t care much about the party. But so much in the papers about the Willis Graham’s family who will be at the Judge’s. Gra ham is the big shot who made mil lions from his washing machine patents. He’s sort of a god in these parts. He has no son—but some daughters. Maybe, when I’m through college old Graham might remember a Manly boy, for an engineer or in his office.” Manly, after assuring his sister, Mrs. Hor ace Linn, that he would accompa ny her, mused on his way down to the city. Manly’s parents had gone South for the winter and Julia had urged her brother to spend the holidays with them because she and Horace would be a bit lonely since recently settling in the thriving factory mu nicipality of Palas (Sty. At first Manly reasoned that Horace and Julia wouldn’t enjoy his peddling around, since they were newly- thought to decline the urgent invitation. But remember* ing the loneliness of a home, with out parents, he found himself in his sister’s comfortable home, for at least two weeks “en-duration” as he thought. In evening clothes Manly was nearest satisfied with himself as being “well groomed,” than in any other attire. Somehow, the black dinner coat, light vest, brilliant studs in the spotless shirt front, illuminated the sparkle of his brown eyes and enhanced the man liness of his form. Upon arriving at the ancestral estate of Judge Thompson. Manly was bewildered when the Judge, with unusual cere mony. introduced them as “Mr. and Mrs. Horace Un*. new dents of Palas City!** "Sh! They think you are my hus band. Don't make them any wis er. Horace and I are strangers, you know, here," Julia Not knowing whether Julia had planned to paaa her brother off aa her husband, or whether it wai surprise to Julia, aa well aa himself. Manly played "hus bandly faithful** Julia. But that every place Manly stood or set, Patricia, one of the Graham daughters, was near, kindly gra cious. but aloof. When he asked her to dance she quickly assented, as though sha feared he might never ask for an other dance. "She thinks I am married. Huh! A Manly Christmas husband, indeed! Dum it all! Why did Julia get me into this jam? She will have to un-jam me.** he snorted to himself. Julia seemed satisfied with the evening’s pleasures. But Manly felt for the first time, that his sis ter was selfish. “Of course.” h* reasoned,** sis ter doesn’t suspect that I wanted more dances with Patricia, and a chat on the mezzanines in one of those brilliantly Christmas decorat ed booths up there. If Julia sus- picioned such a thing, she is clev er at hiding it” The next morning's mail brought Manly an invitation to a party at Willis Graham’s for the Graham daughters! “How do they know my name is not Horace Linn and that I am not the husband of my sister?” Manly asked, almost provoked at the smile on the face of his sister who was at that moment darning her brother’s hose. “Of course, you’ll go. A secret! No, not a secret any longer be cause the secret has been long enough,” she teased.' “I whispered to Patricia, at the party, that you were my brother and to introduce yon to others of the younger groups, and to Mr. Graham. She, however, promised secrecy to all but Mr. Graham. Since she did not introduce you to others, not even to her father, I believe she enjoyed the brother-husband affair and planned a party to reveal the secret to her father and guests. No, her interest in you began be fore I told her you were not my husband. She was raving about my husband’s eyes, and hair, and form, and clothes and—” “Huh, jealousy, more than kind ness for your brother prompted you to tell the truth,” Manly teased. “You made a Manly Christmas husband, anyway. I’m sure Patri cia would agree with me,'* Julia answered. After the party at Patricia’s, the Christmas holiday failed to be boresome. For with Patricia’s pep, end promises. Manly looked for ward to the days after college, of becoming a Manly husband, ia truth. e Waaftcra M< lUcLPtulQ, Jittyd: (n Good Company Company b one of the greatest pleasures of tha nature of man, for the beams of joy are made hotter by reflection when related to another. Theories might work, If human nature didn’t interfere. The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. Luck usually favors the man who doesn’t count on it. The Present Moment Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come. Wages of sin is death—and the wages of foolis'aness is paid ont of the same purse. Many men when asked for their candid opinion, make up some thing on the spur of the moment. Three Things Reading makes a full man- meditation - a profound man—die- course a clear man. In order to make a friend, you have got to like a man well enough never to want to give him a dig. Many men never make any. The prodigal son eame af a goad family. That is why ha eame back. A man may frequently think and say he is misundei stood, but the man who thinks he is and doesn’t <1 care sufficiently to say anything about it, is the most admirable. Your Best Always do your best, and every time you will do better. A good provider never lacks an admiring eye. Fame is one thing that sophisti cation can’t take the savor ont of. A young intellectual tries to get along without emotions and pres ently makes the horrible discovery that he has lost them. Coarseness isn’t much better than outright immodesty. • Tht Vegetable Fat in Jewel is fiven remarkable shortening properties by Swift’s tpecisl blending of it with other bland cooking fats. By actual test. Jewel Special-Blend makes lighter, mere lender baked foods, and cream faster than the costliest types of plain all-vegetable shortening Rii ii'iii'ii iTrrn^ SPECIAL-BUND An absolute surrender to all that is better, purer, truer is the secret of character-building. The curious questioning eye, that plucks the heart of mystery—MeDan. WHEN WARM SPELL COMES LOOK OUT FOR SKIPPERS IN POORLY SMOKED MEAT meat sa the fane tar. Bet whoa hot a warn apaU la ■ have with "skippers** I This little (shown la pheto above) la larva of a fly, which k eggs la the meat At the spell, they hatch. But there are neat drtea oot, to aet. ONLY ONI PREVENTIVE Thorough ■rooking Is the known way to prevent all troubles. Bat kow? Every bow ancertala the old method la. Other so-called smoking methods, or substitutes for smoking, are likewise risky. How can you tell whether or not the meet la thor oughly smoked T Bat If yon want to be absolutely SURE your meat win come through the hot summer months sweet and wholesome and eatable, don't take chances. Brash every square Inch with FIGARO Condensed Smoke. It is a liquid; and AND OOflTl NOTHING! jam each! lag. 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